Connecticut commuter rail oversight board gets first appointee

HARTFORD -- A critic of Metro-North Railroad is the first appointee of a new commuter rail oversight board in Connecticut.

Jim Cameron was appointed to the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council by Rep. Lawrence Cafero, the Republican leader of the state House of Representatives.

The Darien resident had been an 18-year member of the now-defunct Connecticut Metro-North Rail Commuter Council.

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Judd Everhart, spokesman for the state Transportation Department, says the new council was enacted as part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's effort to streamline boards, commissions and other panels.

The Commuter Council will broaden its oversight of Metro-North to include the New Haven-Springfield passenger line that is expected to be operating by 2016 and Shore Line East from New Haven to New London.